Jackie Chan Adventures: I, the Holy Lord's Brother!

Chapter 17: Fruit of Power
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The salty sea breeze blew towards me.

Shentian stood on a reef. Not far away was the sea cage that Huo Wen and his men had built overnight. It was about one thousand meters in area and should have no problem accommodating the sea beasts brought by Basha.

"My lord, do you think that the Lord of Water really just sent sea beasts to the Lord of Mountains?" Huo Wen said, looking at the endless sea.

Shen Tiandao said, "Who knows? If it were any other demon, I would probably suspect there was some hidden deal between him and Basha."

"But if it's Bo Gang, I'll be used to whatever she does."

As the saying goes, how bad can a person who only thinks about eating be?
However, Huo Wen's worries were not groundless. After all, transporting sea beasts could be accomplished by any of Basha's family members. There was no need to escort them personally.

Maybe the two of them are really planning something.

Stock stock stock——

Suddenly, the wind in my ears became stronger, blowing past my eardrums, making a rustling sound.

The calm sea surface was rippling under the influence of wind and waves.

Shentianxia subconsciously looked at the ground, only to find that the stones at his feet began to tremble, as if the arrival of some creature had caused a powerful earthquake.

When I looked at the sea again, a familiar figure was slowly rising from the bottom of the sea, accompanied by dozens of unknown sea beasts.

The azure sea water gradually gathered to form Basha's body. Unlike the thin Basha in the impression, the Basha in the peak state in front of him brought Shentian a sense of oppression that was no less than that of the Holy Lord and Ximu.

Even because the other party was now in the ocean, wrapped in the sea water, even Shentian felt a hint of danger.

Basha glanced around with a cold gaze. After not finding Bogang, she said hoarsely, "Shentian, why didn't Bogang come?"

"I'm not sure. Maybe it was because the weather was so nice yesterday that I overslept."

"But she asked me to build a sea area for captive sea beasts in advance, so you can transfer the sea beasts there directly." Shentian pointed to the sea cage beside him.

Basha frowned slightly, but didn't even look at Hai Long: "You mean, Bo Gang won't come?"

"Almost." Shen Tian said.

Hearing this, Basha's frown seemed to deepen. She thought of something, but she raised her index finger and suddenly pointed at Huo Wen and Kuang Ming.

Several jets of water immediately flew out from behind her.

The speed was so fast that Huo Wen and the others only had time to raise their arms to block in front of them, but even so, they were still pushed back dozens of meters by the water column.

After stabilizing their bodies, the two men burst out with demonic energy and were about to attack when they were stopped by Shentian: "You stay there. Basha and I have something to discuss."

Huo and Wen were stunned.
He stopped in confusion.

At this time, Shentian had used a magic that could block sound and sight to surround himself and Basha.

Facing Basa, Shentian said calmly: "Tell me, what do you want to say to me?"

Basha placed her hand on the magic shield and confirmed that the isolation ability was very strong. Her expression immediately turned cold. "I didn't expect that Bo Gang didn't even take such a thing seriously. I really shouldn't have made a deal with her."

Shentian had a strange look on his face, as if saying: Do you only know what kind of person Bogang is now?

However, in order to get Basha to reveal her true purpose, Shentian comforted her by saying, "I may not care about things that Bogang doesn't care about."

"You want to cooperate with me?" Basha asked.

Shentian said calmly, "Isn't this what you were thinking when you forced my clan to retreat? Or am I mistaken about your intentions, sister?"

"Don't use that name. There's no deep relationship between you and me," Basha said with disgust. Although according to blood, she was indeed Shentian's sister, and even with the exception of Zhulan, the other six demons were Shentian's brothers and sisters.

However, the demons have a very weak sense of family, and after nearly ten thousand years of ruling alone, the so-called family concept has completely disappeared.

The blood relationship between the Holy Lord and Shentian is slightly stronger because they are both dragons.

Shen Tian smiled and said, "Then don't play dumb with me. Just tell me straight up!"

"Are you sure? After all, I agreed to Bo Gang first. If you take over, you will offend Bo Gang."

"I have already offended the Holy Lord, is there still a need for a Bogang?"

"Yes, with your personality, it's only a matter of time before you offend Bo Gang."

Thinking of the Saint's predicament at that time, Basha felt that Bogang was nothing and simply said, "Actually, I came to Bogang for the Fruit of Power."

"Fruit of Power?" Shen Tian was confused at first, but then he suddenly remembered something and suddenly opened his eyes wide and asked, "Could it be that you are coveting the Fruit of Power born from this Demonic Gathering?"

The fruit of power, literally speaking, is a fruit that contains the power of power, and in fact, the fruit of power does contain power.

If we talk about the Fruit of Power, we have to start from the Chaos Period.

In times of chaos,
Demons were born out of nowhere.

At the beginning, all demons had the same starting point. All demons started as demon servants, absorbing the demonic energy between heaven and earth bit by bit to cultivate themselves.

Originally, cultivation was a gradual process. At that time, the relationship between demons was not as fierce as it is now, where they fought to the death for territory and slaves, and even started a battle for the monarchy.

And the beginning of everything,
It’s all because of the appearance of the Fruit of Power.

During the cultivation process, some demons gradually discovered that no matter how much they absorbed demonic energy, their strength could never be improved.

Without exception, the demonic energy that was swallowed all dissipated on its own, as if the body lacked some medium that could condense the demonic energy.

Until someone accidentally found the Tree of Power and swallowed the Fruit of Power on the Tree of Power. After gaining the power of power, he found that the demonic energy no longer dissipated.

From that moment on,
The demons finally realized what was missing.

That is power!
Then all the demons stuck in the demon level swarmed to fight for the fruit of the Tree of Power, and then broke through to the great demon one after another.

However, in the memory of the old Shentian, the nine demons, including him, seemed to have possessed a certain power when they were born.

To put it in terms of fantasy novels, the nine gods and heavenly beings have innate Taoist bodies, while the other demons who devoured the fruit of power have acquired Taoist bodies.

In essence, they were far ahead of other demons, and this also laid the groundwork for the subsequent monarch struggle.

However, today, due to the demons' unrestrained use of the Fruit of Power, the Fruit of Power produced on the Tree of Power has become less and less.

Therefore, the distribution of the Fruit of Power every thousand years becomes a problem.

Everyone wants one more Fruit of Power so that they can have another great demon in their territory.

One of the ways to measure whether one can obtain the Fruit of Power is to achieve a good ranking in the Demon Festival.

On the other hand, Basha and Bogang, as demons who have long been ranked at the bottom of the demon festival, have not received the fruit of power for thousands of years.

"Are you trying to snatch the Fruit of Power from the Holy Lord for this Demonic Festival?" Shentian made a bold guess.

"What? Are you scared?" Basha stepped forward and said provocatively, "Who called me sister just now? My dear brother!"

(End of this chapter)